
Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands
A Novel
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Narrado por:
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Grace Blewer
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De:
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Chris Bohjalian
A heartbreaking, wildly inventive, and moving novel narrated by a teenage runaway, from the best-selling author of Midwives and The Sandcastle Girls.
Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands is the story of Emily Shepard, a homeless teen living in an igloo made of ice and trash bags filled with frozen leaves. Half a year earlier, a nuclear plant in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom had experienced a cataclysmic meltdown, and both of Emily's parents were killed. Devastatingly, her father was in charge of the plant, and the meltdown may have been his fault. Was he drunk when it happened? Thousands of people are forced to flee their homes in the Kingdom; rivers and forests are destroyed; and Emily feels certain that, as the daughter of the most hated man in America, she is in danger. So instead of following the social workers and her classmates after the meltdown, Emily takes off on her own for Burlington, where she survives by stealing, sleeping on the floor of a drug dealer's apartment, and inventing a new identity for herself - an identity inspired by her favorite poet, Emily Dickinson. When Emily befriends a young homeless boy named Cameron, she protects him with a ferocity she didn't know she had. But she still can't outrun her past, can't escape her grief, can't hide forever - and so she comes up with the only plan that she can.
A story of loss, adventure, and the search for friendship in the wake of catastrophe, Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands is one of Chris Bohjalian's finest novels to date - breathtaking, wise, and utterly transporting.
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Man writes as teenage girl.
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Captivating and beautiful
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Loved It So Much, Read It Twice
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Great narration and curious plot.
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I was also impressed by the skill with which it was read, not just the expression of Emily's thoughts and feelings, but with the diction, as well! I am a little hard of hearing, and it is such a pleasure to hear such clear and measured enunciation! I wasn't fond of hearing all the profanity and rough language, but it made the story seem even more gritty and real, so I believe it was necessary.
Thank you for a most absorbing read!
Heartbreakingly Real
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What did you love best about Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands?
The character who narrates the novel, Emily, is funny and ironic and quirky. I wish more young people were this unique and insightful.What did you like best about this story?
Emily Shepard and her take on her favorite poet Emily Dickenson. .And I love disaster scenarios.Which character – as performed by Grace Blewer – was your favorite?
Emily Shepard!Who was the most memorable character of Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands and why?
Emily will stay with me a long, long time.An page turner in the first degree!
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Is best book to date
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Where does Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Captivating! I listened over a period of time as I was recuperating from a surgery.What did you like best about this story?
Living near a nuclear plant, many of the emotions & concerns about an explosion have crossed my mind. It made me wonder if a similar storyline would follow in our area.What about Grace Blewer’s performance did you like?
So convincing that she moves through the emotions of loss & trying to rationalize how she feels people must see her... as the daughter of the operator who contributed to the plant malfunction!Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
When she returned to her home after the plant explosion... and begin to plan her new life.great choice for YA & adult book clubs...
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Wow
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Overall a good book, but poorly narrated
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